Research Projects (selected)
2022: "F2SMP-Failure and Fracture of Shape Memory Polymers", focused on smart materials for soft and bio-robotics, funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation under the "2022 Scientific Cooperation Italy-Israel Call". Role: PI. The Israeli partner is "Technion - The Israel Institute of Technology" and the PI of the Israeli team is Prof. Konstantin Volokh. Website: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
2021: CoDe4Bio (COmputational DEsign for 4D BIOfabrication: harnessing programmable materials for dynamic pre-clinical cancer models) funded by the European Research Council (ERC) through the ERC Starting Grant 2021. Role: PI. Reading: Cordis, ERC, Corriere della Sera, Ansa, La Provincia Pavese.
2019 - 2021: "Myco-Advanced leaTher matERials" (2018-1765), funded by Fondazione Cariplo and Lombardy Region. PI: D. Dondi. Role: unit member.
2016 - 2018: "STEREO3D: New Materials and Technologies for Stereolithography 3D printing" (no.IN-RL9), funded by Lombardy region and the National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM). PI: F. Auricchio. Role: unit member.
2015: "Damage evolution modeling for simulation of monumental stone deterioration aimed at the mechanical stabilization, conservation and promotion of historical and artistic patrimony of French and Italian countries" (no. G14-42/32288WH) under the Galileo Cooperation Program Italy-France. PIs: E. Bonetti and F. Lebon. Role: unit member.
2014: "Advanced Fatigue Investigations for Innovative Applications of Shape Memory Alloys" (no. 148-30174TJ). under the Galileo Cooperation Program Italy-France. PIs: F. Auricchio and A. Constantinescu. Role: unit member.